Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Employee Reviews in Deep River, ON

Lots of great people work here. Pay is below industry standard but still better than outside this industry. Job posting most of the time doesn’t match the actual job you’re hired to do. You will be expected to go above and beyond your role to cover for understaffed departments, depending on where you work.

Pros

Coworkers, health benefits

Cons

High workload, unorganized

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Energy and drive are not rewarded.

Manager (Former Employee) - Deep River, ON - 2 February 2022

The organization is driven by procedure and rules that often interfere with the efficient and successful completion of projects. Energy and drive are not rewarded. Management often has an adversarial relationship with staff, partially driven by distrust between union and management. Very unpleasant work experience.

Pros

Good salary for young professionals.

Cons

Projects are driven by procedure manuals.

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Insights into Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Based on 24 survey responses

What people like

Time and location flexibility
Feeling of personal appreciation
Fair pay for job

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
General feeling of work happiness
Overall satisfaction

My experience at CNL was positive and great team environment.

Project Engineer (Former Employee) - Deep River, ON - 13 September 2021

Really enjoyed working at CNL. I would highly recommend to anyone looking for engineering opportunity and great experience.Great training program and professional development opportunities.

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Senior Developer/Analyst (Former Employee) - Deep River, ON - 22 September 2020

I really enjoyed working with CNL. I was well qualified for the work so had little trouble delivering. One really should know what they’re doing to succeed here. It’s not for remedial learning. What made it stand out was the lack of office politics. Egos were in check and respect was mutual all the way around.

Pros

Interesting work, excellent pay, good people

Cons

IT infrastructure was a bit weak in places but this challenge was fun.

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Professional workplace with friendly co-workers

Process/Mechanical Engineering Student (Former Employee) - Deep River, ON - 16 June 2020

Good company to work for to meet new people in the area. Lots of different branches with in the company to venture into to best benefit yourself and the company.

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Great Place to work and people to work with

Lead / Senior Techno-Functional Consultant (Former Employee) - Deep River, ON - 2 April 2020

People are great and Work atmosphere is superb. Top dollars paid. Quiet town and good Nature around. Work @ cottage kind of setting.

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Great people at worker level - not so much at senior management

human resources (Former Employee) - Deep River, ON - 9 September 2019

Prior to the company becoming Government Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) it was a truly great place to work. Great people, good culture. Since then, the atmosphere has been quite tense, with vast uncertainty about the future. If you are just looking for short term work with good pay, it could be a good fit for you. If you are looking for a career, look elsewhere. And if you decide to work there and are coming in from another area, rent and don't buy a home!

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great place to work

Accounting Assistant II (Current Employee) - Deep River, ON - 11 December 2018

Like the business environment and culture. Woul definetely recomend this place. Located in a small town, but my family likes Petawawa beaches and parks.

Pros

training, professional development

Cons

restructurization

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good experience using new software (Equis)

Database Analyst (Contract) (Former Employee) - Deep River, ON - 19 September 2018

It was a good experience - a contract that got extended. The job was to take data - transform it - load it into spreadsheets - and then load into Equis using their load module.

Pros

per diem expenses

Cons

pretty isoloated - in northern Ontario - Deep River.

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good workplace with employee benefits

Accounting and Reporting Analyst (Current Employee) - Deep River, ON - 22 August 2018

good workplace diversity in culture friendly collogues employee benefits management good flexible work times highly educated workforce prod history in research

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Procurement Officer (Current Employee) - Deep River, ON - 15 December 2017

I have been working there for more than a year. I am looking forward to leave and find a new job. The working conditions are poor. A lot of silo and lack of team work. Some managers like more employee than others and so there is a lot of differential treatment and favoritism . If you are not happy there , it is difficult to look for job since the area is isolated and difficult to commute to major cities . I do not recommend this place!

Pros

Nice area in summer

Cons

Lack of respect

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Avoid at all cost !

Contract officer (Current Employee) - Deep River, ON - 7 September 2017

The company is going through tremendous changes , however, the old guard is still controlling and the mentality did not change. The people from the area believe it is their company and they hire from within. Do not not be surprised to see a secretary becoming a manager after 10 year of work. They train their staff so much they lack skills. Interesting , an employee who follow few hours of training will claim he or she is an expert in the field. Avoid because, the place is full of harassment and bullying